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604 FLIGHT International, IS April WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY . . . TRANSair—Danish Air Taxi—not to beconfused with the Swedish airline of similar name, is a Danish carrier which concentrates on taxi and executive flying both domesticallyand internationally. Flying training (VFR and IFR), photographic flying and banner towing are also carried out.Head Office: Hangar 142, Copenhagen Airport South, Drag0r, Denmark.Executive: Chr. Fahrner. Fleet: one Cessna 310G, one Cessna Skymaster,four Cessna 172, one Cessna 182, four Cessna 150. TransAir was formed in 1956 by the merger ofCentral Northern Airways and Arctic Wings. CNA was formed in 1947 to acquire andoperate some bush routes formerly operated by Canadian Pacific. Arctic Wings, based atChurchill on Hudson Bay, had been operating scheduled passenger and mail flights. TransAiroperates scheduled services from Winnipeg over two intermediate-stopping routes toChurchill; from Winnipeg to Regina; from Churchill to Ottawa and Montreal; fromWinnipeg to Red Lake; and from Churchill to Coral Harbour. With the acquisition of AirCanada's Prairie routes in 1963, the network of scheduled services was extended westwardto Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert. From its major bases at Winnipeg and Churchill thecompany operates the vertical re-supply airlift to the main sites in the Canadian sector of theDEW Line. Many other scheduled services are also operated. Head Office: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Executives: R. D. Turner, president; U. S. Wagner, asst general manager; S.A. Caldwell,manager, mainline division, Capt N. E. B. Weitzel, manager, DEWLine division; H. P.Clark, manager, domestic division; T. A. Spruston, director of maintenance andengineering; F. C. McKay, secretary-treasurer, R. Busch, comptroller; S. T. Smith, manager,sales and traffic; D. A. Smith, supervisor of technical services; Capt D. M. Rose, chiefpilot. Employees: 312.Fleet: one Viscount, five DC-4, six DC-3, four Canso, two Anson 5, one Bellanca 66-75, fiveNorseman, two Beaver, one Beachcraft D18S. Trans Air Lines Inc and its successor, Air Lines Inc, have ceased operations. Transair Norway A/S is a new charter companyformed by Transair Sweden and with capital largely subscribed by Norwegian interests.Executive: Sigurd Larson, director. Fleet: two C-46. Transair Sweden AB operates inclusive toursfor Swedish, Danish, Swiss and German travel agencies, and undertakes charter flyingwith passengers and freight all over the world. C-46 and DC-6 services in the Congo have beenoperated under charter to the United Nations and the Congolese Government, and alsoC-46 freight services to Germany on behalf of SAS. Domestic services within the Congoare now operated with one DC-6 and four C-46s under the name of Transair Congo.Transair has recently bought ten DC-7Bs and leased one from Eastern Air Lines, they arebeing successively delivered after overhaul. The DC-6 and DC-6Bs will be sold.Head Office: Bulltofta Airport, Malmo, Sweden. Executives: G. Ellhammar, managing director;B. Jarvell, assistant managing director; C. O. Nordlander, operations manager; V. Gowers,technical manager; C. A. Lindh, sales mana- ger; A. Ericsson, traffic manager.Employees: 610. Fleet: six>DC-6B, three DC-6, nine Super C-46,one DC-3. On order; 11 DC-7B (inc one to be leased), Trans Arabia Airways was merged with KuwaitAirways in April 1964. Trans-Australia Airlines is controlled on behalfof the Commonwealth Government by the Australian National Airlines Commission. Operations began on September 9, 1946, andTAA's route network now covers 42,393 miles, including 7,134 miles within the Territory ofPapua-New Guinea. The network of routes links about 100 pointsin Australia and another 41 in Papua-New Guinea. These include all major cities,secondary towns and small settlements included on multi-stop local service networksin Queensland, Central Australia and Papua- New Guinea. On December 18, 1954, TAAbecame the first Australian airline to operate Viscounts; its first Friendship service was onMay 1, 1959, and Electra operations began on July 8, 1959. On November 2, 1964, Boeing727 services started on inter-capital routes. The first commercial helicopter services jnAustralia were started in April, 1956, and in December 1960 the first regular helicopterpassenger service, between Melbourne and Essendon airport, was introduced. A lightaircraft division has been formed and has started operating services around Tasmania,and to islands of the Great Barrier Reef. TAA also operates Doves, based at Darwinand Alice Springs, for the Northern Territory Australian Medical Service, and Drovers forthe Royal Flying Doctor Service at its four Queensland bases. Head Office: 339 Swanston Street, Melbourne,Victoria, Australia. Executives: Sir Giles Chippindall, chairman;L. J. Byrne, secretary; J. P. Ryland, general manager; Capt J. Chapman, asst generalmanager; Capt R. E. Bailey, director of operations; L. L. McKenzie, commercialdirector; R. Edelsten-Pope, director of finance; John L. Watkins, director of engineering.Employees: 5,241. Fleet: two Boeing 727-76, three Electra, threeViscount 816, seven Viscount 756, two Viscount 720, nine Friendship, three DC-6B, one DC-4,20 DC-3, two Aztec, two Otter, one Catalina, one Cessna 182, one Cessna 185, one Bell47J-2, two Hiller H-12F, two Bristol 170, three Beech Queen Air 80, three DC-4 freighter,one DHA3 Drover. On order: one Boeing 727, six Douglas DC-9. Transavia began operations in 1961 and specializes in the transport of newspapers in Italy.Head Office: Rome, Italy. Executive: G. Sajeva, president.Fleet: two SIAI-Marchetti SM.102. Trans-California Airlines Inc is a US intra-state carrier approved for services between San Diego, Los Angeles, Burbank, Oaklandand San Francisco. Constellations with high- density coach seating are used.Head Office: Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank, California, USA. Executive: L. A. Mudgett, president.Fleet: six Constellation. Trans-Canada Air Lines—see Air Canada. Trans Caribbean Airways operates 24 DC-8F services a week between New York and San Juan, Puerto Rico, plus four more DC-8Fservices a week to Aruba. Scheduled services started on March 8, 1958. Trans Caribbeanhas a 16.18% interest in Caribair. Head Office: 714 Fifth Avenue, New YorkCity, New York, USA. Executives: O. Roy Chalk, president; IrvingM. Buckley, vice-president/treasurer; D. T. McFarland, vice-president of traffic andoperations; J. Clark Hill, controller; H. C. Keilson, assistant vice-president of flightoperations. Employees: 550.Fleet: four DC-8F, two C-46. Transgabon—see Compagnie Aerienne Brouilletet de. Trans International Airlines Inc is a US intra-state and contract carrier specializing in military charter work. The DC-8s operateacross the Pacific for MATS. TIA was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the StudebakerCorporation, but 100% control was bought last year by GlenJdrk Inc. It was formed asLos Angeles Air Service in December 1948; the name was changed in July 1960; Studebakerbought the carrier in October 1962. Head Office: McCarran Field, Las Vegas,Nevada, USA. Executives: Kirk Kerkorian, chairman; GlennCramer, president. Fleet: one DC-8F, one DC-8 Series 50, threeL.1049H (convertible), one L.1049G. On order one DC-8F. Trans-Mediterranean Airways SAL—(TMA> —was formed in 1953 to fly fresh produce foroil companies in the Persian Gulf. In 1959 it became a joint-stock company with a paid upcapital of £L6m and obtained Lebanese Government approval for regular freightflights. It is not under Government control TMA operates regular services to Basle andFrankfurt in Europe, and to Kuwait, Dhahran, Teheran, Doha, Kabul and Bahrein in theMiddle East. Regular services to London are planned and the airline intends also to operateto Tokyo, Addis Ababa, Nairobi and new points in Europe and the Middle East.Head Office: PO Box 3018, Beirut, Lebanon. Executives: Munir Abu-Haidar, president andchairman; Michael V. Richmond, exec vice- president; Hanna K. Haddad, sen vice-president, finance; vice-presidents: Georges Mina, personnel; Shafik Zakhour, sales;Fouad Rizk, public relations; Jan Van Rooyan, operations; Joe A. Hissen, marketingdevelopment and international affiairs; John W. Sharp, chief engineer.Employees: 550. Fleet: three DC-6, five DC-4. Trans-Meridian Flying Services was registered on October 5, 1962. It has been engaged in charter work.Head Office: Building No 6, Luton Airport, Beds.Executive: A. H. Benson, managing director. Fleet: one DC-7B/F. Trans-Oceanic Lines planned to operateservices with two Catalinas from the African mainland to the Seychelle Islands. There hasbeen no news about these services. Transpac—Societe Caledonienne de Trans-portes Aeriens operates services between Noumea and Isle of Pines, Lifu, Houailu,Poindimie, Uvea, Kone, Koumac and Mare. Head Office: Magenta Airport, Noumea, New Caledonia.Executive: H. G. Martinet, president. Fleet: one DH Rapide, two Heron 1, oneRallye. Transporte Aereo Mirleni, now AeroviasHalcon, is an Argentine carrier that started non-scheduled operations with a DC-4.Head Office: Piedras 666, Buenos Aires. Transportes Aereos Benianos SA is a Bolivian operator of charter and non-scheduled services. Fleet: one DC-4. Transportes Aereos Buenos Aires SA operatesservices radiating southwards from Buenos Aires as far as Necochea.Head Office: Avenida Cordoba 949, Buenos Aires, Argentina.Fleet: four Beech 18, one Cessna T-50, one Cessna 170. Transportes Aereos Catarinense SA operatesmainly coastal routes north from Florianopolis to Rio de Janeiro in conjunction with Cruzeirodo Sul, which provides technical assistance. Head Office: Santos Dumont Airport, Rio deJaneiro, Brazil. Executives: Dr J. D. F. Lima, president.Fleet: three DC-3 leased from Cruzeiro. Transportes Aereos da Guine Portuguesa—TAGP—operates services within Portuguese Guinea and an international service fromBissao to Dakar, Ilha do Sal and Praia (Cape Verde Islands). Head Office: Craveiro Lopes Airport (POB 77), Bissau, Portuguese Guinea.Fleet: two Rapide, one Dornier Do 27, two Cessna 170, two Heron. Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde ceasedoperations during 1964. Transportes Aereos de Timor—TAT operatesservices between Baucau and Oecusse in Portuguese Timor and Darwin. Australia.Head Office: Dili, Portuguese Timor. Fleet: Friendship (chartered from TAA), twoDove.
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